Samarinda Islamic Center Mosque, also known as Baitul Muttaqien Mosque, is a

mosque A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...

located in the subdistrict of Teluk Lerong Ulu,

Samarinda Samarinda is the capital city of the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. The city lies on the banks of the Mahakam River with a land area of . Samarinda ranks first on East Kalimantan Human Development Index and it ...

East Kalimantan East Kalimantan ( Indonesian: ) is a province of Indonesia. Its territory comprises the eastern portion of Borneo. It had a population of about 3.03 million at the 2010 census (within the current boundary), 3.42 million at the 2015 census, and 3 ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Gui ...

, which is one of the largest mosques in

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...

. It situates at the foreground of

Mahakam River The Mahakam River (Indonesian: ''Sungai Mahakam'') is third longest and volume discharge river in Borneo after Kapuas River and Barito River, it is located in Kalimantan, Indonesia. It flows from the district of Long Apari in the highlands of ...

, and it has seven

minaret A minaret (; ar, منارة, translit=manāra, or ar, مِئْذَنة, translit=miʾḏana, links=no; tr, minare; fa, گل‌دسته, translit=goldaste) is a type of tower typically built into or adjacent to mosques. Minarets are generall ...

s and a huge dome.

Description

The mosque has a building area of 43,500 square meters, supporting building area of 7,115 square meters and the basement floor area of 10,235 square meters. The ground floor of the mosque has area of 10,270 square meters and the main floor has area of 8,185 square meters. The mezzanine floor area (balcony) is 5,290 square meters. This location was formerly a sawmill area owned by PT Inhutani I which was then granted to the Provincial Government of East Kalimantan. The mosque has seven minarets, and the main tower reaches 99 meters, which is a reference to the Asmaul Husna, or the

99 names of Allah Names of God in Islam ( ar, أَسْمَاءُ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ , "''Allah's Beautiful Names''") are names attributed to God in Islam by Muslims. While some names are only in the Quran, and others are only in the hadith, th ...

. The main tower consists of building with 15 floors and each floor has height of an average of 6 meters. Meanwhile, stairs from the ground floor to the main floor of the mosque amount to 33 steps. This amount is deliberately equated with one-third the number of Islamic prayer beads. In addition to the main tower, this building also has six minarets on the side of the mosque. Four of them are located in each corner of the mosque and reaches 70-meter-high, and two of them are at the gate and reaches 57-meter-high. The six towers also mean Six Pillars of Islam.Samarinda Mosque Website.
Retrieved July 17, 2017

Gallery

File:IslamicCentre2.jpg, Mosque seen from the Mahakam Bridge. File:IslamicCenter-3.jpg,

Friday prayer In Islam, Friday prayer or Congregational prayer ( ar, صَلَاة ٱلْجُمُعَة, ') is a prayer ('' ṣalāt'') that Muslims hold every Friday, after noon instead of the Zuhr prayer. Muslims ordinarily pray five times each day according ...

at the mosque.

References

External links

Ribuan Jemaah Padati Islamic Centre

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